Favorite Element Poll - Einsteinium, Seaborgium, Lawrencium, Fermium, Uranium

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Discussion Overview

The thread discusses participants' favorite chemical elements, exploring personal preferences, humorous takes, and various associations with elements. The scope includes casual opinions, playful banter, and some technical references to elements and their properties.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
  • Debate/contested
  • Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • Some participants express a preference for elements named after scientists, such as einsteinium, seaborgium, lawrencium, and fermium, while others favor more common elements like iron and carbon.
  • Several participants mention the versatility of uranium and its applications.
  • Humor is present with playful names like "tinytimium" and discussions about fictitious elements.
  • Some participants highlight the unique properties of elements, such as magnesium's light production when burnt and mercury's liquid state at room temperature.
  • There are discussions about the etymology of element names, particularly boron and its connection to personal names.
  • Participants share personal anecdotes and preferences, including a fondness for elements like phosphorus, tungsten, and noble gases like helium and xenon.
  • Some participants engage in light-hearted debates about the characteristics of elements, such as the nobility of gases and the properties of phosphorus.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a wide range of preferences without a clear consensus on a favorite element. Multiple competing views remain, with various elements being favored for different reasons.

Contextual Notes

Some statements include humorous or fictitious elements, and there are references to cultural associations and personal experiences that may not align with scientific definitions.

Who May Find This Useful

This discussion may interest those who enjoy chemistry, humor related to science, or personal anecdotes about elements and their properties.

  • #31
Helium, the noblist element of all!
 
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  • #32
Loren Booda said:
Helium, the noblist element of all!

nobler than Neon??
 
  • #33
I liked unununium (element 111) before it was renamed to roentgenium.
 
  • #34
Hipster geologist liked unununium before it was roentgenium
 
  • #35
And it very versatile. Pencils charcoal coal etc.
 
  • #36
To actually xenon is the most noble noble gas. It is purple when excited. Purple is the color of royalty.
 
  • #37
Vanadium :biggrin:
 
  • #38
beatlemaniacj said:
To actually xenon is the most noble noble gas. It is purple when excited. Purple is the color of royalty.

but royalties are when the playwright gets paid in the green room, so why not phosphorous?!
 
  • #39
Playwrights in A green room?! And phosphorous is with red, black, or white. And phosphorous isn't a noble gas. Think of all the phosphates
 
  • #40
beatlemaniacj said:
Playwrights in A green room?! And phosphorous is with red, black, or white. And phosphorous isn't a noble gas. Think of all the phosphates
you red me wrong, phosphorous glows green too; it's not a noble gas, but it's noble because of the royalties in the green room.

Are aren't we pivoting meaning on homonymic fulcrums?
 
  • #41
I like the classics: hydrogen,oxygen and carbon.Chlorine is kind of cool too.
 
  • #42
I'm going to go with beryllium. (I just think it should be spelled bearyllium.)
 
  • #43
Loren Booda said:
Helium, the noblist element of all!
Not nobelium?
 
  • #44
As I lived in the federal state it was named after for quite some while, I am going with hassium.
 
  • #45
I'm surprised no one's said holmium

"Holmium has the highest magnetic strength of any element and therefore is used for the polepieces of the strongest static magnets. Because holmium strongly absorbs neutrons, it is also used in nuclear control rods."

How can anyone *not* get excited by that?
 
  • #48
How about unbelievium and unobtainium.
 
  • #49
Astronuc said:
How about unbelievium and unobtainium.

Ah yes, I think frictionless surfaces are made from unbelievium, and massless pulleys are made from unobtainium.
 
  • #50
Astronuc said:
How about unbelievium and unobtainium.
...and administratium.
 
  • #51

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